Nina Simonds and Amy Carpenter - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Video: Dinner Doctor with Amy Carpenter: The MEAT Issue (Part I).
Yamy!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Nina Simonds and Amy Carpenter
Nina Simonds and Amy Carpenter - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Video: Dinner Doctor with Amy Carpenter: The MEAT Issue (Part I).
Yamy!
Podcast: YouTube, Video, Social Media and Marketing
Diva Marketing Talks About YouTube With Kevin Nalts and Ben Relles.
I joined in as a caller from Boston after the 30 minute show was over.
Listen to the whole show and the post show talk here:
Listen to the podcast with Toby Bloomberg, Kevin Nalty, Ben Relles and Steve Garfield.
I joined in as a caller from Boston after the 30 minute show was over.
Listen to the whole show and the post show talk here:
Listen to the podcast with Toby Bloomberg, Kevin Nalty, Ben Relles and Steve Garfield.
Monday, February 18, 2008
I got Spam Text Messages on my iPhone from 25downloads.com
This is getting monotonous!
I just got a Spam Text Message on my iPhone from 25downloads.com
I won't bore yo with the details because that would mean that I'd have to type them all in.
I'm not doing that anymore...
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam!
I just got a Spam Text Message on my iPhone from 25downloads.com
I won't bore yo with the details because that would mean that I'd have to type them all in.
I'm not doing that anymore...
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam!
I got Spam Text Messages on my iPhone from b4p.com
I just got an unsolicited text message on my cell phone from 882-30:
They had better not send me another text message.
b4p: Ur PIN is ... Enter it online now or reply OK 2get Ur chance 2win $1k iTunes GiftCard,$100/m,$10,000/m,or $1,000,000. $9.99/m. Rules+T&C+info@b4p.comThen minutes later I received a follow up unsolicited text message:
U have not submitted ur pin. Reply OK to get a chance 2win $50k or a Sony Laptop as a premium mbr! rules/t&c @ b4p.com 800-861-7414 9/99/m be out next winner now!I went to their website and called and left a voice message.
They had better not send me another text message.
I got Spam Text Messages on my iPhone from Thumbplay
From 480-00
Update 2/18/07:
Thumbplay called and told me that they do not send out spam text messages... They'll explain in the comments.
Thanks.
....is ur Thumbplay password. Enter it online or reply for BONUS ringtones. Terms at Thumbplay.com Text HELP for help. Must be 18+. $9.99/mo +Std rates
Update 2/18/07:
Thumbplay called and told me that they do not send out spam text messages... They'll explain in the comments.
Thanks.
A Few Sites to Visit
Cookthink - I feel like eating...
Video: Barack Obama Responds to Hillary Clinton’s Attacks on Oratory and Hope - Just Words.
A Gluten-Free Day - Don't eat that.
Live Broadcasting Feature Wars -Report From The Tranches - Who has what?
One to Watch: Comedy.com - Funny.
Video: Barack Obama Responds to Hillary Clinton’s Attacks on Oratory and Hope - Just Words.
A Gluten-Free Day - Don't eat that.
Live Broadcasting Feature Wars -Report From The Tranches - Who has what?
One to Watch: Comedy.com - Funny.
How To: Chroma key in Final Cut Pro
Chroma key in HD at DVcreators.net
Eight processors, wow!
eefx.com, a store for green screen.
via [ Larry Kless's Weblog: My ooVoo Day with... Robin Good ] - nice archive of Robin's video four-way chat
Where do you buy green screen setups?
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Clinton vs. Obama: Speeches are more than Just Words
Clinton vs. Obama: Speeches are more than Just Words - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Video: Clinton vs. Obama: Speeches are more than Just Words
Hillary Clinton said some negative things about Barack Obama's speeches in 2/14/08 at the GM Plant in Warren, Ohio.
Deval Patrick's opponent said some negative things about his speeches too when he ran for Governor of Massachusetts. This video mashes up Hillary Clinton and Deval Patrick.
Speeches are more than Just Words
Thursday, February 14, 2008
She didn't copyright the images before posting them
A seal of approval - The Boston Globe:
Borrowing Images from the Web: An FAQ
"'Yes, folks, I witnessed John Mayer in a man thong. It pretty much made my life,' (Erin ) Horgan wrote on her blog. But Horgan's not so happy that she didn't copyright the images before posting them. Now, 60,000 page views later, her pictures are popping up all over, and she's not getting paid. 'I just wanted to show my girlfriends some funny pictures.'"Aren't they copy-written by default?
Borrowing Images from the Web: An FAQ
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
We don't need no stinkin' superdelegate count
The Real Delegate Count
Obama 1,096
Clinton 977
Numbers via CNN Election Center 2008.
Excludes Superdelegates because they are going to be changing their minds any way.
More:
Plouffe: She can't catch us.
MSNBC's First Read - Just found this today for the first time, looks good.
Bo Burnham Web Links!
Nonfamily humor, straight from home - The Boston Globe:
"Bo knows satire. Bo knows viral video. Bo knows his song lyrics won't fly in a family newspaper, but Bo doesn't take it personally.Once again the Boston Globe posts a story to boston.com where the main subject of the story is a kid with a website and a bunch of funny YouTube videos, but they don't take the time to link to any of the videos.
'Most of my songs make fun of myself,' Bo Burnham says, defending his taste for R-rated material. 'They're about stuff kids my age normally wouldn't laugh at, except they do.'"
They don't even link to Bo's website.
So here you go. I'll save you the time of doing gogle searches to find all this stuff and link to it right here:
Bo Burnham
http://boburnham.com/
YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/boburnham
Selected Videos mentioned in the article:
My Whole Family...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZoO8LyizLA
Cookout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj9dLksw2p0
Perfect Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQZ3mNX2FyY
I've emailed the Globe to see if we can resolve this longstanding problem with the Globe hardly ever linking to websites from stories on Boston.com.
Note:
Last night I met a few people from the Globe and they tell me that the ability to comment on articles is coming in a few weeks.
Yay, progress.
Superdelegates are under no obligation to follow the will of the voters
Pressure's on Mass. superdelegates - The Boston Globe:
"Unlike the 93 Massachusetts delegates whose votes at the convention must reflect the results of the Feb. 5 primary, which Clinton won, the superdelegates are free to pick either candidate. According to Democratic Party rules, superdelegates are under no obligation to follow the will of the voters, as history has shown.
In 1984, Massachusetts superdelegates lined up behind eventual nominee Walter F. Mondale, helping him carry the state at the Democratic National Convention, even though Gary Hart had won the state's primary."
MITX: Internet Video
MITX: Internet Video - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Qik Live streamed video archives are here:
qik.com/video/19659
qik.com/video/19663
qik.com/video/19667
qik.com/video/19669
qik.com/video/19676
qik.com/video/19677
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
195 More Days of Infighting?
The Democratic National Convention takes place in Denver on August 25-28, 2008 and the United States Presidential Election is November 4, 2008.
195 Days
That means, that as of today, there are 195 days until the Democratic Convention.
That's 195 days of Democrats going at each other.
At this rate the Democrats will spend more time campaigning against each other to get the nomination, than to defeat the opposition candidate.
68 Days
There are 68 days between the Democratic Convention and Election Day.
That's 68 days that the Democratic candidate can campaign against the Republican, and any Independent candidate.
August - 3 days
September - 30 days
October - 31 days
November - 4 days
195 More Days of Infighting?
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Presidential Primary Official Ballot
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Presidential Primary Official Ballot - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
This is a .jpg version of a .pdf file of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Democratic Presidential Primary Official Ballot, WD 3 Pcts 7,8 from the company that prints the ballots in Massachusetts.
It would be nice to have PDF's posted online for all ballots in Massachusetts PRIOR to the November election.
I've put in a request to the Secretary of State's Office. Let's see what happens.
How do they handle this in other states?
Dear Comcast: AT&T is smarter than you
Media 3.0 and MediaBytes With Shelly Palmer - Technology, Media and Entertainment News and Opinions:
"STARBUCKS has dropped T-MOBILE and will use AT&T to supply WiFi to its coffee shops. Customers will be given free access when making purchases on a Starbucks card. In addition, AT&T’s 12 million broadband subscribers will have free access to the networks"Dear Comcast,
Please provide your broadband subscribers free access to the Comcast WiFi network at Logan International airport.
K Thx Bye,
--Steve
Superdelegates will move to Obama
William Kristol writes about my favorite topic, the free thinking, mind changing superdelegtes Obama’s Path to Victory - New York Times:
I’ll avoid a false precision in the numbers that follow. There are minor differences among news organizations in projecting delegate allocations in states that have already voted, and in counting preferences among the 796 elected officials and party leaders — the “superdelegates” — who vote according to their choice, not voters’ instruction.He goes on to talk about judgement:
Obama leads Clinton by roughly 70 delegates among about 2,000 chosen so far in primaries and caucuses. (There are still about 1,200 delegates outstanding.) Among the superdelegates, Clinton is ahead by about 100 superdelegates among the 300 who have declared a preference (though any of them can change their mind, so a count of them now is in large measure premature).
"Many of these superdelegates are elected officials. They tend to care about winning in November. The polls suggest Obama matches up better with John McCain. And the polls are merely echoing the judgment of almost every Democratic elected official from a competitive district or a swing state with whom I’ve spoken. They would virtually all prefer Obama at the top of the ticket.
All of this will move the superdelegates to Obama — perhaps as early as just after March 4, or perhaps not until April 22, or perhaps not even until the last match-up on June 7. But the superdelegates will want to avoid a situation in which they could be in the position of seeming to override the popular vote, or of resolving a bitter battle over whether and how to count votes from Florida and Michigan, at the convention.
And there are, as a final resort, two super-superdelegates (so to speak) who would have the clout to help Democrats achieve closure: Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi.
If they stepped forward at the right time, they would earn the gratitude of their party. And they might also enjoy contemplating a derivative effect of their good deed — the fall of the house of Clinton."
Superdelegates Will Go With The Flow
For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio - New York Times:
"Several Clinton superdelegates, whose votes could help decide the nomination, said Monday that they were wavering in the face of Mr. Obama’s momentum after victories in Washington State, Nebraska, Louisiana and Maine last weekend.Good reasen for major media outlet to STOP counting superdelegates in their delegate count.
Some said that they, like the hundreds of uncommitted superdelegates still at stake, might ultimately “go with the flow,” in the words of one, and support the candidate who appears to show the most strength in the primaries to come."
More:
Clinton's Hold on Superdelegates May Depend on Wins in TX and OH
The superdelegates ALWAYS blow with the wind
MyDD :: CBS: Obama Has Delegate Lead, Even Considering Superdelegates:
"Superdelegates: A Wee Reality Check
Folks...
The Superdelegate story is a tasty media-cooked stew that lacks real sustenance! The superdelegates ALWAYS blow with the wind and follow the national leader. Watch for two things to begin if the HRC machine caqn't win at least ONE of the Chesepeake primaries:
1) Superdelegates who have declared/stated a 'preference', will start to publically waver, or peel away from HRC.
2) The drumbeat for her to drop out will begin, for the sake of unifying the party NOW before the Superdelegate 'issue' (weak as it is) gets more play, or democratic grass roots get more vitriolic.
BOTH these phenomena will increase should she also not win WI or HI. Mark my words. The pressure for her to drop out will begin Wednesday at midnight should she lose all three.
How will her campaign react to this?
by a gunslinger on Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 10:28:14 AM EST"
Comcast Rep Joins TiVo Community
Comcast Rep on AVS forum - TiVo Community:
"As I noted in my earlier post, there will be a software release coming in the next several weeks that will address many of the reported issues, including some of the complaints users have had with Suggestions behavior (including the intrusiveness of the prompts), improvements to the HD filter on the guide, and Dolby Digital output will work correctly on DCH set-top boxes."Comcast is taking a step into social media.
Comcast Rep posts about an upcoming upgrade to the Comcast TiVo box which addresses my issue with the guide.
Thanks Brian for letting me know that Comcast Rep is out there. Comcast Rep is on the AVS forum too.
Good idea to join the existing discussion where the people are. It would be better if you used a real name though... :-)
Next up, replying to blog posts on blogs.
Monday, February 11, 2008
CNN Gets It: iReport.com to display all submissions!
Media 3.0 and MediaBytes With Shelly Palmer - Technology, Media and Entertainment News and Opinions:
"CNN will fully embrace user-generated news this week, using iReport.com to display all user submissions. Until now iReport’s UGC content has been filtered by editors with 10% of the content selected for use on CNN.com or the cable channel. The new iReport site will take a YouTube approach, where any and all submitted content is published for the world to see."Congratulations CNN for getting it.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Real Delegate Count
The Real Delegate Count - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Truthout: The Real Delegate Count:
The Associated Press and other media outlets are trying to tell us they know how many delegates each candidate will get out of Iowa, just as I told you they would in a previous article. Florida and Michigan make the delegate count even more confusing.Bothers me to.
David Redlawsk, an associate professor of political science at the University of Iowa, who teaches a course on the Iowa caucuses, confirmed the numbers the media is projecting for Iowa delegate allocation is nothing more than a prediction. He said it bothers him the media is reporting these numbers as if they are factual since it is very unlikely the final count will be the same after the district level conventions, where delegates to the national convention will be chosen. He also pointed out the super delegate count could also change dramatically since none of them are committed to remain with the candidates they now say they are supporting.
Every time.
And then there's this:
Hillary Clinton's advisers 'in a state of panic':
The Clinton camp is braced for Mr Obama to win a series of primary elections over the next three weeks, which they fear could hand the Illinois senator unstoppable momentum in the race for the White House.Here we go Obama, Here we go!
Mr Obama has begun calling those "super delegates" - 795 congressmen and senior party officials who could break a dead heat - who are committed to Mrs Clinton, asking them to change their minds and help him wrap up the nomination.
As of tonight, the two candidates were neck and neck but Mr Obama appeared to be gaining momentum.
"He's saying: 'Hey, I won your state and I won your congressional district, why are you supporting her?'" a Democrat strategist revealed.
Here we go Obama, Here we go!
Here we go Obama, Here we go!
Anonymous Man and What Do You Know About Scientology Poster
Anonymous Man and What Do You Know About Scientology Poster - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Boston Church of Scientology on Google Maps on iPhone
Boston Church of Scientology on Google Maps on iPhone - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Anonymous Scientology Boston Protest Coverage
I headed over the the Boston Church of Scientology to file some reports for Rocketboom.com
It was cold and rainy with temperatures in the 30's. The group of protesters I saw there looked like a cross between an Improv Everywhere and and Halloween party crowd.
My request for an interview with someone from the Church was not answered.
I streamed three LIVE reports with my Nokia N95 using ATT and Qik:
YouTube Version.
#1. Has 'Hey Joanne this is Steve Garfield' intro for Rocketboom and a quick interview with a couple of protesters.
#2. Has a chant that goes around (4) street corners, "Religion Should Be Free!"
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Veoh and Crackle
#3. Is an interview with a former Scientologist.He gives his name in the piece and has some good quotes at the end. It was a good interview but for some reason the stream cut out at :58 seconds. D'oh.
Flickr Photo Set: Anonymous Boston Scientology Protest 2/10/08
Watch for more coverage on Rocketboom.com: Monday February 12, 2008 : Anonymous International Protests of Scientology.
Edit: It's been submitted to digg: Everyone Digg it! http://digg.com/world_news/Anonymous_Scientology_Boston_Protest_Coverage
It was cold and rainy with temperatures in the 30's. The group of protesters I saw there looked like a cross between an Improv Everywhere and and Halloween party crowd.
My request for an interview with someone from the Church was not answered.
I streamed three LIVE reports with my Nokia N95 using ATT and Qik:
YouTube Version.
#1. Has 'Hey Joanne this is Steve Garfield' intro for Rocketboom and a quick interview with a couple of protesters.
#2. Has a chant that goes around (4) street corners, "Religion Should Be Free!"
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Veoh and Crackle
#3. Is an interview with a former Scientologist.
Flickr Photo Set: Anonymous Boston Scientology Protest 2/10/08
Watch for more coverage on Rocketboom.com: Monday February 12, 2008 : Anonymous International Protests of Scientology.
Edit: It's been submitted to digg: Everyone Digg it! http://digg.com/world_news/Anonymous_Scientology_Boston_Protest_Coverage
Baratunde Supports Empowerment and Obama
Jack and Jill Politics: An Important Reminder Of Why I Support Obama - Empowerment:
"Obama's platform is not just about his positions. It's about the tools and infrastructure he's offering directly to the citizens of this country. Forget for a moment who speaks in a most commanding fashion about the particulars of health care legislation. Forget about beautiful language or alleged experience. Look at what President Obama offers all of us: empowerment. Empowerment like we've never seen. Power we forgot we had. Power that a community organizer trained on the streets of Chicago would recognize in a heartbeat. We may not get an opportunity like this for several decades!"
CNN Delegate Scorecard Excluding Superdelegates
Based on:
Election Center 2008: Delegate Scorecard - Elections & Politics news from CNN.com
Since no one else is going to do it, here's the actual pledged Democratic primary delegate count. Why they continue to highlight superdelegates is troubling me. It's like the media wants to hold on to the idea of Hilary Clinton as the front runner.
They should break their reporting down to show actual delegates, and then as a secondary report, put in superdelegates.
At the convention the superdelegates can vote any way they want, and could all then vote for the presumptive favorite candidate.
Maybe I'm wrong, but if there is that possibility, why continue to include superdeledates as the main tally of delegates.
If you see any news outlet excluding superdelegates in their main tally, I'd love to hear about it and send them a thank you note.
The Boston Globe reports the non superdelegte count in the eighth paragraph of this story, Obama sweeps; Huckabee is strong:
Heading into yesterday's contests, Clinton held a small lead over Obama in the delegate count, 1,055 to 998, according to an Associated Press tally, which includes the results of primaries and caucuses, plus a survey of unpledged superdelegates. But Obama's campaign said last night that after his wins, he leads Clinton by about 70 delegates among those awarded in actual contests.At least I think it's the non superdelegate count. Not sure where the number 70 comes from. That's the problem.
More:
796 Insiders May Hold Democrats' Key:
With more than half of the superdelegates unclaimed, both campaigns remain hard at work. And even those whom they believe are secure could move. Arceneaux, the Baton Rouge delegate whose husband was named by Clinton in the 1990s as head of Sallie Mae, the nation's largest student loan company, said she is well aware of the fact that superdelegates are not firmly bound to a candidate until they stand up at the convention in August.
"I always have the option of changing my mind," she said.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Executive Search: Bloomberg, Gingrich, Gore?
Dwight Custer is an executive search consultant in Nashville, TN. He explains why our process for choosing a president has become more flawed, so the most qualified people for the job often stay out of the race. Newt Gingrich and Michael Bloomberg top his list of qualified leaders who would make excellent presidents, even Bill Frist. Al Gore, however, does not make the list.
Reporting by cell phone
TwinCities.com - Twin Cities / Newest anchors report by cell phone:
"UpTake cut to Steve Garfield, another phone-packing correspondent, reporting from a Boston bar near Fenway Park.Blog entry: The UpTake pushes online-journo envelope
It was a seminal Web-video moment. UpTake viewers could participate during the live webcasts by sending text-based queries and comments, which Barnett and Garfield could see on their handsets and answer."
Here's some more background on my Massachusetts Primary coverage by cellphone over ATT via Qik to Mogulus:
I got a call on my iPhone tht Corrine was ready to have me go online from Boston, so I put the ear buds in and listened to her over the phone while I started the Qik software on the N95 and got my first guest ready to join me outside.
I went out side and turned n the stream and started reporting from Boston. Then I interviewed my first guest and then towards the end of the interview when I spoke with Corrine it seems like there was an issue and she had to switch to Chuck Olsen and go live with him since the battery on his laptop was dying.
So that stream was saved on Qik, but not stream at the same time to Mogulus. We tried again, and this time I went live and reported for 23 minutes from the streets of Boston out side Boston Beer Works near Fenway park.
The guests spoke about the election and viewers could chat directly to my phone and ask questions.
Throughout the interviews I propped up the N95 with both arms to keep it steady and also used the building as a pseudo tripod.
Having years experience using these small cameras I know where to hold it to get myself in the frame and then turned to my interviewee to get them in the frame.
The sound was good both inside and out.
When I got home I was able to watch the streams and see how they looked. Pretty clear for both audio and video.
Then I turned on The UpTake to see what was online, and it someone was doing a microphone check, so I went to bed nad turned on CNN for election results.
Ironic.
Anonymous Scientology Protest Preview
Interviewing Jon Smith and John Smith about the Anonymous protest scheduled for Sunday 2/10/08.
I contacted the Church of Scientology of Boston but have not heard back yet about my request for an interview.
Whyaretheydead.net
Xenu.net
Lisamcpherson.org
The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To Suppress
Anonymous Hackers Shoot For Scientologists, Hit Dutch School Kids
Richart Chocolate for Valentines Day
Richart Chocolates for Valentines Day!
Wayne Lebowitz takes us on a tour of Richart Boston at Copley Place.
Richart Boston
100 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02116
http://www.richart-chocolates.com/
New England Press Association
New England Press Association - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Heading over to the Copley Marriott to present at the New England Press Association Annual Convention:
Special Saturday Workshop, "Rebooting Your Newsroom: Adding Blogs, Podcasts, Citizens and the Web."
Hillary, Barack, Experience
Hillary, Barack, Experience - New York Times:
"With all the sniping from the Clinton camp about whether Barack Obama has enough experience to make a strong president, consider another presidential candidate who was far more of a novice. He had the gall to run for president even though he had served a single undistinguished term in the House of Representatives, before being hounded back to his district.
That was Abraham Lincoln."
Grassroots Movement to Prevent the Democratic Presidential Nominee From Being Selected by Unelected Super Delegates
Miles Mogulescu: Build a Grassroots Movement to Prevent the Democratic Presidential Nominee From Being Selected by Unelected Super Delegates - Politics on The Huffington Post:
"While Clinton may temporarily lead among Super Delegates, it is impossible to know how the majority of Super Delegates will ultimately vote. Many elected officials who are Super Delegates owe favors to the Clintons and lean towards Hillary. On the other hand, many red and purple state elected officials will support Obama because they think he will be more helpful to them in local elections. It is vital to both Clinton and Obama that whoever wins the nomination is viewed as legitimate by the voters."
Friday, February 08, 2008
Microsoft to Buy Ustream?
Microsoft to Buy Ustream?:
Storycasting anyone?
Google search for storycasting:
Results 1,430.
"the company though is shifting focus away from lifecasting and onto eventcasting. “We are certainly focused on the eventcasting,” said (Ustream CEO Chuck) Wallace. “We have a great platform and we welcome everybody, but our focus is certainly on these deeper events.”"Hmm eventcasting...
Storycasting anyone?
Google search for storycasting:
Results 1,430.
How To Be A Good Video Blogger?
Jim Kukral interviewed me over fake satellite about what it takes to become a good videoblogger.
Here's his blog post, Video Blogging Tips From Steve Garfield.
Vlog Soup is actually at http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/vlogsoup/.
Here's my side of the interview:
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Blip.tv, Veoh and Crackle
Yahoo! LIVE
Yahoo! LIVE - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Tried out Yahoo! LIVE this morning and had over 100 people watching from around the world. Had problem listening to others in the chat and then it degraded fast when spammers entered the chat room and I had to turn into a moderator. Then the browser crashed so I left to eat breakfast.
Over on Scoble's blog he shares his thoughts, Qik kicks Yahoo’s new video service and I reply, ending with, “Leave Yahoo! Alone!”
Yahoo! Live is being talked about over on Techmeme.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Why Expensive Wine Tastes Better
Christopher Herot's Weblog: Why Expensive Wine Tastes Better:
"Economists Hilke Plassmann, Baba Shiv, Antonio Rangel, and psychologist John O'Doherty have come up with one explanation for why that bottle of Opus One tastes better than the usual Mondavi Cabernet: knowing the wine is expensive increases the activity in the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC) and the rostral anterior cortex (rACC), the areas of the brain that experience pleasure. In a recently published paper, Marketing actions can modulate neural representations of experienced pleasantness, they describe an experiment in which they put 11 Caltech graduate students in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine and gave them five samples of Cabernet Sauvignon to taste. They were told that the purpose of the study was to measure the effects of degustation time on perceived flavors. Unknown to the students, there were really only three wines, with two of them being offered twice at different prices ($5 became $45 and $10 became $90). Not only did the subjects report that the more 'expensive' wine tasted better, but their MOFC and rACC showed increased blood oxygen levels when presented with those wines. Interestingly, the portions of the brain associated with taste were not affected, suggesting that the mOFC integrates the 'bottom up' sensory components with the 'top down' expectations, a mechanism similar to the well-known placebo effect."Ha ha. Mmm... wine.
Obama Wins Donation Landslide
Liza Sabater: If fundraising were an election, Barack Obama has won it by a landslide
If small donations where a trend for the elections, Obama would win the primaries and the general elections by a landslide.Baratunde: HAAAA HAAAA: Hillary "Loans" Self $5M; Obama Gets $6M From The People In 24 Hours
...the Clinton campaign admitted that she had written her campaign a check for $5M in the month of January, yes the month in which Obama cleared $32M.
Who Exactly are the Massachusetts Super Delegates?
Veracifier's Joshua Micah Marshall explains the superdelegates?
Who are the superdelegates from Massachusetts? Exactly?
Who are they?
We need to know so we can find out who they are going to be voting for in the election.
Jack Dew of the Berkshire Eagle writes, 'Super delegate' scenarios,
Of the 121 delegates who will come from Massachusetts, only 93 are apportioned based on the statewide vote.
The other 28 are "unpledged" delegates, free to vote for any of the presidential candidates at the national convention. Sometimes called "super delegates," this group is comprised of the 10 members of the House of Representatives, both U.S. senators, Gov. Deval L. Patrick, three former chairmen of the Democratic National Convention and others.
Here are the Massachusetts members of Congress:
Capuano, Michael E., Massachusetts, 8th
Delahunt, William, Massachusetts, 10th
Frank, Barney, Massachusetts, 4th
Lynch, Stephen F., Massachusetts, 9th
McGovern, James, Massachusetts, 3rd
Markey, Ed, Massachusetts, 7th
Neal, Richard E., Massachusetts, 2nd
Olver, John, Massachusetts, 1st
Tierney, John, Massachusetts, 6th
Tsongas, Niki, Massachusetts, 5th
From the article we can break down super delegates support like this:
OBAMA
Governor Deval Patrick
Senator Ted Kennedy
Senator John Kerry
U.S. Reps.
Michael Capuano
William Delahunt
CLINTON
U.S. Reps.
Barney Frank
Richard E. Neal
James P. McGovern
Stephen F. Lynch
Where do these U.S. reps stand?
Olver, John, Massachusetts, 1st
Tierney, John, Massachusetts, 6th
Tsongas, Niki, Massachusetts, 5th
How will it all end:
Mary O'Brien, of Pittsfield, a member of the Democratic State Committee, has served as a delegate to the national convention a half-dozen times since the 1980s. Every time, she said, the bulk of the super delegates have fallen in line with the majority of the state voters and the front-runner has emerged, unscathed by a tough convention fight.We are left with 15 superdelegates that need to be identified. Who are they?
"It would not be a sensible move on the part of the super delegates to light any fires under the electorate who make up their constituencies and, in the face of the majority, go against the raw votes in the commonwealth," she said.
Please comment...
Update 2/7/08 10:56 AM:
Thanks Erik for pointing me to 2008 Democratic Convention Watch.
Clinton:
Rep. Richard Neal (MA)
Rep. Jim McGovern (MA)
Rep. Barney Frank (MA)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA)
DNC Steven Grossman (MA) *
Dr. Elaine Kamarck (MA) *
DNC Diane Saxe (MA) *
Obama:
Gov. Deval Patrick (MA)
Sen. John Kerry (MA)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA)
Rep. William Delahunt (MA)
Rep. Michael Capuano (MA)
DNC Alan Solomont (MA) *
(* are new superdelegates I didn't know about earlier)
Massachusetts DNC Members Who Have Not Endorsed:
John Walsh - MA Chair
Debra Kozikowski
Gus Bickford
Hon. Raymond Jordan
David O'Brien
Margaret Xifaras
Massachusetts Members at Large:
James Roosevelt Jr (MA)
Former Massachusetts DNC Chairmen:
Debra DeLee (MA)
Paul Kirk (MA)
So now I am missing (2)? Who are they?
Plus, can we have a conversation with these uncommitted super delegates?
Hello WTKK, WRKO, WBZ, WHDH, WBUR, WGBH?
Anyone in radio or TV land in Boston want to help?
More here:
Obama campaign?: Don't contact the superdelegates.
DailyKos: A Brief Primer on Democratic Delegates
Superdelegates are free to switch sides
Check out today's WSJ article by June Kronholz, Democrats'; Nightmare: Back to Smoke-Filled Rooms - WSJ.com:
Break it out.
Facts are facts.
Simon Cowell from American Idol makes his vote and sticks with it, if we had superdelegates judging American Idol the show would never end.
Let's take a look at RealClearPolitics.com:
Adjust their totals to remove the superdelegtes and the picture becomes really clear:
Obama 851 (979 - 128)
Clinton 845 (1,056 - 211)
Until you start looking around and see MSNBC with:
Obama 838
Clinton 834
And CNN reports pledged delegates at:
Obama 635
Clinton 630
Where do you go to get hard numbers on the delegate count?
More:
USA Today: Count on confusion when counting Democratic delegates
"Superdelegates won't be easy for either candidate to hang on to, though, and they could make the campaign even more contentious. The high-profile superdelegates are likely to stick with their pledges. Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy isn't likely to waver in his support of Sen. Obama, for example, and Washington Sen. Patty Murray isn't likely to withdraw her pledge to Sen. Clinton.Let's not count superdelegates in the reported delegate totals.
WSJ.com
Some superdelegates will need constant wooing, though, and as they are free to switch sides, that would set off battles between the candidates. Mr. Ornstein (of the conservative American Enterprise Institute) suggests that smaller-fish superdelegates will continually re-evaluate how either Mr. Obama's or Mrs. Clinton's nomination would affect down-ticket races."
Break it out.
Facts are facts.
Simon Cowell from American Idol makes his vote and sticks with it, if we had superdelegates judging American Idol the show would never end.
Let's take a look at RealClearPolitics.com:
Adjust their totals to remove the superdelegtes and the picture becomes really clear:
Obama 851 (979 - 128)
Clinton 845 (1,056 - 211)
Until you start looking around and see MSNBC with:
Obama 838
Clinton 834
And CNN reports pledged delegates at:
Obama 635
Clinton 630
Where do you go to get hard numbers on the delegate count?
More:
USA Today: Count on confusion when counting Democratic delegates
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
LiveNewsCameras.com
LiveNewsCameras.com - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
My new favorite web site for news. http://www.livenewscameras.com/.
I am now following@livenewscameras on twitter. |
Found via Lost Remote: tinyurl.com/yotnvv
Reporting for The UpTake: Massachusetts Primary
Here's a 23:41 video of my LIVE broadcast from Boston Beer Works on Primary night 2/5/08.
It was the first integrated LIVE broadcast between Qik and Mogulus. I was excited to be able to work with both companies to make this happen. Thanks a lot. It gives us a glimpse of the future.
You can go to the page on Qik for this video and see all the comments I was getting while broadcasting live from my Nokia N95-3 cellphone over the 3G network to Qik. Comments people make while I am online get streamed to the phone where I can read them while shooting the video.
The stream was then directed to Mogulus which broadcast my stream live to The UpTake viewers.
After I ended the stream the video was posted to Seesmic, where people could post video replies around the video and have a conversation about it.
Featured:
Qik Blog: Super Tuesday with Steve Garfield
The UpTake: Massachusetts Primary Qik Cam Coverage
Mashable: Mogulus Integrates Qik Mobile Streaming–Super Tueesday Coverage
Video: Lawrence Lessig on Barack Obama
Baratunde Thurston says, "spread this message and this video for obama and for us":
I so hope we are not too late. I honestly feel that we, all people alive in this country at this time in our history, are lucky to even have the choice of Barack Obama. I feel that our answer to this opportunity represents a test. Are we worthy? Are we ready? Are we willing to stand?Here's the video:
I have worked hard to use my words, my voice, my comedy to find my own truth in this election and share it as far and as wide as possible with those who have ears to hear.
And yet, I fear it’s never enough.
I’m sharing a video made by one of the most impressive thinkers of our time who got behind Obama early and helped craft what is hands down the most innovative technology platform proposed by any presidential candidate.
His name is Lawrence Lessig. He’s huge in the world of innovation and copyright and has made his new issue that of government corruption. He is worth listening to, for he is so down with the struggle, and the readers of this blog know something about struggle.
Lessig is not out marching in the streets for prison reform, but he is trying to free all of us from the shackles of institutions which have so effectively choked off our access to our own democracy. The fact that he is so down for Obama is immense.
This video is 20 minutes, and I want you to watch it all. Then I want you to send it (and digg it) to someone you know who says there is no difference of substance between Obama and Clinton or that they will “both bring about change.”
Delegate Count? Exclude Super Delegates.
Delegate Count? - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.
Update: 2/6/08 1:47 PM
MSNBC.com
Update: 2/6/08 6:22 PM
CNN Politics.com
Checking the delegate count at USA Today, Time.com, CNN Politics.com and MSNBC.com I can see why people are confused about where the 2008 Presidential primary race stands. While compiling these results two of them changed within 15 minutes. By the time you read this, they'll probably be different. I think all media outlets should EXCLUDE super delegate totals since they can vote any way they want and are not guaranteed to vote they way they might be leaning today.
Related:
Political Wire: Delegate Count
The Nation: Obama Claims 9-Delegate Win for Super Tuesday
Slate: Momentucrats vs. Arithmecrats
Update: 2/7/08:
WSJ: Delegate Numbers Are All Over the Map
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Why didn't I know about the other races on the Suffolk County ballot?
Here's a video from my polling place. It shows you the four Massachusetts ballots, Democratic, Republican, Green-Rainbow, and Working party.
There are three other races going on in Suffolk county. The first time I heard about them was when I stepped into the polling place. This is outrageous.
I've been asking to see a copy of the ballot for over a week, and all I could fund were presidential candidates.
Here are the other races:
State Committee Man
State Committee Woman
Ward Committee
I left them all blank.
I feel that the electoral process has failed me.
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